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Anonymous wrote:Naviance would be your best bet. It won’t separate IB from non IB but if you plot your kids stats you can see likelihood of admission

Naviance said UMD was a match for 2 of my 3 kids and it was right.

IMO, Naviance is useless. Maybe it works for UMD but not for the T20.

Anonymous wrote:Naviance would be your best bet. It won’t separate IB from non IB but if you plot your kids stats you can see likelihood of admission

Naviance said UMD was a match for 2 of my 3 kids and it was right.

Anonymous wrote:No one should assume they are getting into UMD. Poolesville is clear about this, even for magnet students.

And yet, a very shocked Poolesville student has been venting on forums since Friday night.

Naviance would be your best bet. It won’t separate IB from non IB but if you plot your kids stats you can see likelihood of admission

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Anonymous wrote:The good news is also, with those stats and coming from a strong magnet program, your kid has excellent odds to get in with merit and any number of private universities and colleges and actually pay less for their education.

This. OP, your child’s stats and profile (RMIB) are very good. Also I would recommend that they may try to up the test score (SAT) and never do TO. I wouldn’t worry about ECs. Good luck!

This. UMD cares about the numbers.

And YOU know how?

Oh wait.....you don't.

They promote average stats of accepted students and always post weighted figure, so they do care about that. High weighted GPA and good test scores are very helpful.

Not dismissing value of efforts in other areas, but it makes sense, given immense number of applicants, that data would be a driving factor. The ECs and essays probably factor more in awards, honors or borderline cases.

Luckily for everyone, UMD and other schools post in their CDS what they look at. Read it instead of posting random theories.

Not sure why you have such a bee in your bonnet. You don't even support what you are claiming. CDS does not contradict anything I've said. CDS does not show how factors are used. But, note that the 2 MOST important categories are GPA and rigor. Those together equate to weighted GPA. And, we also know that UMD touts a high GPA avg based on weighted GPA, so that is clearly important. Because they are TO, they won't listing testing as important, but submitting good scores can be a way to help your kid stand out because it is data driven w/ so many applicants.

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Anonymous wrote:The good news is also, with those stats and coming from a strong magnet program, your kid has excellent odds to get in with merit and any number of private universities and colleges and actually pay less for their education.

Pay less than in state tuition at UMD?

Less than the total with room and board, yes.

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Anonymous wrote:The good news is also, with those stats and coming from a strong magnet program, your kid has excellent odds to get in with merit and any number of private universities and colleges and actually pay less for their education.

This. OP, your child’s stats and profile (RMIB) are very good. Also I would recommend that they may try to up the test score (SAT) and never do TO. I wouldn’t worry about ECs. Good luck!

This. UMD cares about the numbers.

And YOU know how?

Oh wait.....you don't.

Pp is not wrong. It’s well known fact that UMD admission is mostly stats driven.

Np